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Aplastodiscus leucopygius (Cruz and Peixoto, 1985)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Hylidae > Subfamily: Hylinae > Genus: Aplastodiscus

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Hyla leucopygia Cruz and Peixoto, 1985 "1984", Arq. Univ. Fed. Rural Rio de Janeiro, 7: 39. Holotype: EI 7333, by original designation. Type locality: "Represa do Guinle, Teresópolis, R[io de] J[aneiro]", Brazil.

Aplastodiscus leucopygius — Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 82.

English Names

Guinle Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 56).

Distribution

Serra do Mar and Serra da Mantiqueria in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil.

Comment

Related to Hyla albosignata according to the original publication. See account by Heyer, Rand, Cruz, Peixoto, and Nelson, 1990, Arq. Zool., São Paulo, 31: 264-265. In the Aplastodiscus albosignatus group of Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 82. Cruz, Feio, and Caramaschi, 2009, Anf. Ibitipoca: 80-81, provided photographs and a brief account for Parque Estadual do Ibitipoca, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

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